The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST) has started moves to revoke the legislative instrument that allows mining companies to prospect and mine in forest reserves. 

Tomorrow, all eyes will be on the mining town of Akwatia in the Eastern Region, where voters go to the polls in a parliamentary by-election to elect the successor of the late Ernest Kumi.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in partnership with the Ghana National Aquaculture Association, has launched the “Tilapia and Catfish Friday” campaign in Accra.

Equipping prison inmates with entrepreneurial skills while they serve their sentences in safe custody is a vital prerequisite for rehabilitation and for building a resilient nation.

Ghana's battle against galamsey – the pervasive blight of illegal small-scale mining – has long been a national heartache.

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called for the immediate inclusion of student representation on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Awards and Examiners’ Appointment Committee.

Bui Power Authority (BPA) recorded a net profit of $64.5 million in 2024, almost double its projected figure of $33.6 million. 

Thirty-nine trainees from the James Camp Prison and the Senior Correctional Centre have graduated with National Proficiency I Certificates in garment making as they leave the prison.

A former Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Ablema Afeku, has been appointed Brand Ambassador for Africa by the World Tourism Forum Institute. 

Thousands of mourners thronged Independence Square in Accra last Saturday to mark the one-week memorial of Ghanaian highlife legend, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba. 

Breaking News has taken a new turn these days. The search for our next flagbearer appears to be causing considerable fear and panic, and Koo Hia better revise his notes if he still wants to be President.

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commissioner of Police (COP) Lydia Yaako Donkor, has been elected to the newly formed Interpol Africa Committee.

The Ministry of Health has announced a 50 per cent reduction in admission fees for students enrolling in Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions from the 2025/2026 academic year.

Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has joined the campaign trail in the Akwatia Constituency ahead of Tuesday’s by-election, urging residents to throw their support behind the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Solomon Kwame Asumadu.

The Director of the Presidential Initiative on Agriculture and Agribusiness, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, has announced that senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana will soon begin cultivating their own farms to address persistent food shortages and delays under the Free SHS programme.

At 10 years old, brainiac Sean the Science Kid already has plenty in common with Dr. Sanjay Gupta: He loves to learn and explain science to his million-plus Instagram followers. They discuss their shared love of the brain—and Sean takes the mic to ask Dr. Gupta some of his own questions.

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo has joined the public debate concerning the proposed substitution of “Akwaaba” with “Oobakɛ” at the Kotoka International Airport and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.

At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia's foreign affairs ministry said late on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along a popular migration route to Europe.

The Presidency has issued a stringent directive barring all government officials from attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York without prior written authorisation from the Chief of Staff.

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA), in partnership with the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has passed out 894 trainees under the second batch of its Fire Assistants Training Programme.

India’s parliament has passed a sweeping bill banning online gambling, after government figures showed companies had stripped $2.3bn annually from 450 million people.

The University of Memphis (UofM) says Ghana has reduced its outstanding tuition debt for students from Ghana studying on campus, lowering the balance to $1.35 million after a recent payment.

Homeowners, prospective owners, developers and other stakeholders in the housing sector are making frantic efforts to visit the Daily Graphic/GREDA Home Fair which ends today at the Food Court of the Accra Mall.

The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has inaugurated the new Board of Directors of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) Limited, urging them to rescue the struggling state enterprise and spearhead Ghana’s vision of adding value to cocoa.

One hundred and seventy-two Ivorians have, since the last two weeks, fled into Ghana to seek asylum.